Job responsibilities
Clinical Pharmacist Job Description
The post holder will provide primary support to general practice
staff with regards to prescription and medication queries. They will help
support the repeat prescriptions system.
The post holder will work to integrate practices with community
and hospital pharmacies to help utilise skill mix, improve patient outcomes,
ensure better access to healthcare and help manage workload. The role is
pivotal to improving the quality of care and operational efficiencies so
requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general
practice.
Reconciliation of medications on discharge from hospital and
other care facilities, implementing any monitoring or dose titration required
including arranging blood tests and clinical review if required. Identify high
risk medications from discharge and ensure monitoring and prescribing is safe
and consistent with Local Medicines Management Guidance. Pro-actively manage
patients at high risk of medicines related problems and also address any
deviation from LSCMMG guidance, or other guidelines, by developing excellent
working relationships with hospital colleagues.
Conduct computer searches to identify patients at high risk of
harm from medicines. work with the patients and Practice teams to minimise harm
by medicines optimisation.
Provide a telephone help line for patients with questions and
concerns about their medicines. Hold clinics for patients requiring
face-to-face clinical medicines review with a focus on tackling
inappropriate polypharmacy. Undertake clinical medication reviews and
reconciliation with patients with multi-morbidity and poly-pharmacy and
implement own prescribing changes and order relevant monitoring tests.
Make recommendations to GPs for medicine improvements and
support multi-disciplinary teams.
To support public health campaigns and provide specialist
knowledge on all public health programmes available to the public.
Answer all medicine related enquiries from GPs, other practice
staff and patients with queries about medicines.
Manage drug availability issues and medication queries
pro-actively by liaising with community pharmacy colleagues and hospital
pharmacy colleagues. Develop effective working relationships.
Conduct clinical audits and improvement projects or work with
colleagues such as GP Trainees, Practice Managers, Practice Nurses etc
Contribute to the development of guidelines and procedures for
GP practices across the Primary Care Network in the identified geographical
areas and negotiate adoption of these within the GP practices.
